Thesaurus: recurrent

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1. a. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.
2. a. Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery.
3. adj. recurring again and again
4. 1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains. 2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery. Recurrent fever. (Med.) See Relapsing fever, under Relapsing. -- Recurrent pulse (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears (when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries of the palm of the hand. -- Recurrent sensibility (Physiol.), the sensibility manifested by the anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal cord (their stimulation causing pain) owing to the presence of sensory fibers from the corresponding sensory or posterior roots.
5. Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve orartery. Recurrent fever. (Med.) See Relapsing fever, under Relapsing.-- Recurrent pulse (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears (whenthe radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the distal side ofthe point of pressure through the arteries of the palm of the hand.-- Recurrent sensibility (Physiol.), the sensibility manifested bythe anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal cord (their stimulationcausing pain) owing to the presence of sensory fibers from thecorresponding sensory or posterior roots.
6. j:100 s recurring again and again